ARONIA - From Planting To Prepared with Aronia Eggert ( The first nursery of Aronia in Europe)

Aronia (Chokeberry) Starts from North America Aronia Melanocarpa Eliot Origin: North America Bush size: up to 2m tall (6.5 feet) Flowers: are white and produced in corymbs 5-6 cm (1.9 to 2.3 Inches) of ca. 20-25 together The extended blooming period starts in late May The fruit set quickly, which almost eliminates the effect of late freeze The period of fruit formation in various years is 80-90 days The Aronia's fruit is black, globoid or oval, with light waxy bloom. The productive period is sometimes more than 20 years. The annual fruit yield is 10-13 tones per hectare (2.5 Acres)

Poor Nutrition Oxidative stress Heart Attack Diabetes S Dermatitis 1■'zx&cA Other health complications Aronia berries are a good source of vitamins and minerals, including: 4^ Folate Potassium Calcium £* Magnesium w Iron £* Zinc Vitamin C -137 mg/kg Vitamin B - 6,7 mg/kg 5* Tocopherol - 7,1 mg/kg 5* Vitamin K - 242 |ig/kg

Antioxidant Potential Berry Fruits

Reduce the risk of cancer Lower blood pressure Help preserve memory and efficient brain functioning Are valuable in diabetic diet Help in treating radiation sickness Protect skin against UV and free radicals May prevent coronary heart disease

ARONIA: Cultivation Choosing A Position For Cultivation w Aronia adapts easily to different environment conditions £* The annual demand for water is 500-600 mm of rain w Successful in rich and airy soils with high water capacity 5* With adequate fertilizing and care, high yields have been also found on lower class soils

Preparing the soil The area must be cleared from weeds Test acidity, optimum pH: 6,5 Apply a soil cover with papilionaceous plants for early plough-up The fundamental treatment is a deep plough Soil should be tested for preparing fertilization

Establishing The Plantation Interval between rows min. 4m (13 feet) The spacing of seedlings in a row: 0,6 m ( 2 feet) Soil maintenance – black fallow Optimal Parameters: For Aronia Mechanical Harvester Distance between bushes in one row 0.6 m = 2 ft Distance between rows 4 m = 13 ft

Planting Technique Two-years, or one-year seedlings The seedling should be planted 3-5 cm (1.2 - 2 inches) deeper than it grew in the nursery After planting cut plants 5-10 cm (2 - 4 inches) above the ground

Planting Technique Berry Planter Machine- DARIA DARIA berry planter is a universal machine designed for the easy and fast planting of aronia seedlings for one-row and it’s suitable for other similar sized shrub There’s mechanical tag specifying the correct distance between plants It is also possible to use replaceable coulters to adjust planting width and depth, we have the coulter size ( 160 mm to 220 mm). For wider press wheels: The back wheels are adjustable in vertical and horizontal depend on the plants

A. Soil cultivation; B. Weed control; C. Establishing grass cover; D. Fertilization; E. Pruning B. Weed control For Weed control there are different mechanical weeders for organic which help reduce or eliminate the weed under the bushes and herbicide spray beams for non-organic We recommend 3 weeders for young plants & mature plants •Young Aronia bushes:We recommend ZUZA 3 weeder It is adapted for weeding rows up to a height of 0.5 meter the clearance of the tractor • Mature Aronia bushes: Auto Inter-row weeder LUCY • High precision weeding • Mature Aronia bushes: Finger Weeder KLAUDIA • speed...

Plant Care & Maintenance For mow weeds between rows, we offer a wide range of mower machines with different models Under bush mower is designed for mowing weeds in the rows of trees and shrubs. can significantly reduce or even

Plant Care & Maintenance H D. Fertilization w Fertilization should be preceded by the lab tests of the soil. w Aronia can be fertilized using natural (organic) or mineral fertilizers w Natural fertilizers are dung or liquid manure The estimate quantities of a pure nutrient in the fertilizer are as follows:

Plant Care & Maintenance E. Pruning ^ Prune Aronia stems and branches to encourage bushiness, cutting the shrub to 50 cm // 20 inches above the ground after it flowers. Flowering usually occurs in May or June. Prune each stem or branch just above a leaf node to avoid die-back in the plant. Trimmer FORMER: • It is an important step in preparations for a fast and efficient collection of berry bushes with mechanical harvesters. • Trimmer machine FORMER: is designed to prune and form rows of berry bushes into V-shaped shrubs, it's prevent the excessive growth of the shoots and facilitate mechanical...

Harvesting Aronia We offer full line of berry harvesters with different models to fit different sizes and types of growers for harvesting aronia berries, currants, blueberries, haskaps, gooseberries, raspberries, rosehips, and more • In Poland, chokeberry ripens in late August; There is one-time harvest, when all the fruit are completely formed and well-coloured. Aronia fruit are persistent and can be stored unharmed in the containers even for a few days. Collecting by mechanical harvester. The productive period > 20 years. The annual fruit yield is 12-15 Mechanical Aronia Harvester ARONIC/JAREK...

H Mechanical Harvester ARONIC/JAREK 5 Bestseller Harvester for berry growers in Europe • ARONIC is a harvesting machine designed to collect aronia berries, and it is a modified version of our versatile product - the half-row berry bush harvester JAREK5 with 2 shaking heads. Aronia harvesting machine ARONIC is equipped with one shaker with high vibration • The modular design allows to equip the machine with different configurations. • The accuracy of the collection reaches 98% and the amount of impurities and damaged fruit does not exceed 1%. • ARONIC harvester can save labor work more than 80%...

How to remove rooted shrubs • Root grubber machine KRET is designed to shred the stumps and roots of berry bushes after cutting the aboveground parts of berry shrubs. KRET enables a faster and more efficient soil preparation for replanting. • KRET is suitable for berry plantations such as blackcurrants, Aronia berries, raspberries, and other varieties of shrubs. • The working element is a rotor with a vertical axis with four attached blades.